ALTRIA GROUP, INC. REPORTS 2006 FOURTH-QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR RESULTS FOURTH-QUARTER 2006 -- Reported diluted earnings per share up 28.4% to $1.40 vs. $1.09 in year-ago quarter, including the items detailed on Schedule 7 -- Adjusted for items detailed in table below, diluted earnings per share up 8.5% to $1.27 versus $1.17 in year-ago quarter FULL-YEAR 2006 -- Reported diluted earnings per share from continuing operations up 12.0% to $5.71 versus $5.10 in 2005, including the items detailed on Schedule 8 -- Adjusted for items detailed in table below, diluted earnings per share from continuing operations up 4.9% to $5.35 versus $5.10 in 2005 2007 OUTLOOK -- Reported 2007 full-year diluted earnings per share from continuing operations are forecast in a range of $4.15 to $4.20 at current exchange rates. This forecast includes charges of approximately $0.08 per share and excludes Kraft, which will be accounted for as a discontinued operation for the full-year 2007, reflecting the distribution of Kraft shares. -- Adjusted for the $.08 per share of charges, Altria projects that the growth rate of diluted earnings per share from continuing operations will be in the mid- single-digit range for the full-year 2007, from an adjusted base of $4.05 per share for 2006.